How could you not include Gallardo and U. Jimenez? Both bring serious heat. I don’t see Hanson completing enough innings to net that many K’s and Halladay’s stuff is no longer overpowering enough to ring up 190+, especially against the big boppers in the NL.

Lincecum is 5’11” 175 lbs. The lightning is fading from his arm. I think you see a noticeable difference this year. He’s still good but barely makes 200 k’s this year. Look for Lester to stand out.

How is the “lightning fading from his arm”? His B/9, H/9, FIP and xFIP were all lower in ’09 than ’08. He also increased his GB%. All these measures are good indicators that he’s getting better, not worse.
However, I agree that lester is probably a good bet to hit 200Ks. Doubt he’ll have another 10+K/9, but I could see him in the high 8’s this year.

Santana has only fanned 7.9 batters per nine innings in his two years with the Mets. I have him at 162 Ks in 190 1/3 IP, which is 7.7 K/9 IP.
Ubaldo Jimenez was next on the list.
I’ll probably repost this list as K/9 IP soon, so the innings projection doesn’t have such a huge influence. That’d replace guys like Wainwright, Halladay and Sabathia with some younger arms.

I guess I wasn’t even looking at stats. Maybe my question should be what happened to Santana? You gotta wonder if it’s worth all that money to play for a non-contender… yeah, it probably is. I bet he misses the Twins, though.